Need Speakers for Parties

[royphil345]

Pro DJ speakers would probably be the best for your application. Home speakers in a large room with many people in it tend to get muffled and sound too "dark".

For $300.00... Your options are a bit limited... but...

There are many cheap DJ speakers out there from unknown brand names in your price-range. Many are total garbage. These aren't so bad... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...orn?sku=600816

You should have at least a "good" 100 watts RMS power at 8 ohms to get the best sound out of these. Using a cheap receiver (even if it's rated at 100 watts) would sound a little weak and may damage the receiver or speakers if you play them too loud for too long due to high distortion during peaks. Playing a low powered amp beyond it's capabilities will damage speakers much more quickly than feeding speakers too much CLEAN power. A decent pro amplifier with a little headroom would serve you well if your preamp / receiver has preamp outs... or you could buy a simple used stereo preamp.... or just go all pro sound with an inexpensive mixer as the preamp... I'm sure a school could use a decent all purpose PA setup for all kinds of things. You may be able to fit something into your budget since these cabinets are priced so low.... or you could spend some money on pole stands... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...and?sku=452004

EDIT: Yeah... You're on the right track for your budget and application with your last post I didn't see yet...

The Kustoms are supposed to be a little better than the GemSound... Most people complain the GemSounds are too bright sounding and require some EQ. Duribility of the Kustoms looks like it may be a little better too...

Maybe you could talk them into a package with a powered mixer if amplification is going to be a problem. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...age?sku=630270